2011 in Russia

Events in the year 2011 in Russia.

Incumbents

President of Russia – Dmitry Medvedev (United Russia)
Prime Minister of Russia – Vladimir Putin (United Russia)

Events

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January 1 - Kolavia Flight 348: Four people are killed and around 40 injured after a passenger plane explodes in Surgut in eastern Russia.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}
January 22 - At least two people are killed in a blaze at a shopping centre in the southwest Russian city of Ufa.{{Cite web |url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/22/2-dead-in-Russian-shopping-mall-fire/UPI-56611295720311/ |title=2 dead in Russian shopping mall fire - UPI.com |access-date=2011-03-09 |archive-date=2019-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130110113/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/22/2-dead-in-Russian-shopping-mall-fire/UPI-56611295720311/ |url-status=live }}
January 24 - 2011 Domodedovo International Airport bombing: At least 35 people are killed and 130 injured after a suicide bombing at Domodedovo International Airport in the Russian capital Moscow.{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70N2TQ20110124 | work=Reuters | title=Suicide bomber kills 35 at Russia's biggest airport | date=January 24, 2011}}
January 26 - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev fires top airport security officials, two days after the suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport.{{cite news| url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/01/26/russia.airport.explosions/index.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127093616/http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/01/26/russia.airport.explosions/index.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 27, 2011 | work=CNN | title=Medvedev: Russia won't fall 'to its knees' | date=January 28, 2011}}
February 9 - Serial blasts rock Russia's Grozny, at least five people are wounded.{{Cite web |url=http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/7282438.html |title=Serial blasts rock Russia's Grozny in Chechnya - People's Daily Online |access-date=2011-03-09 |archive-date=2012-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018215117/http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/7282438.html |url-status=live }}
February 28 - Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear energy corporation, explains that the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant has been delayed in opening due to damage to the nuclear reactor's cooling pumps.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/world/middleeast/01nuke.html | work=The New York Times | first=William J. | last=Broad | title=Russians Say Iranian Reactor Has Damage to Cooling Pump | date=February 28, 2011}}
March 1 - As part of the Russian police reform, the Russian law enforcers' name was changed from "Militsiya" (militia) to "Politsiya" (police).
March 27 - Russia switching to permanent daylight saving time (DST) under a decree President Dmitry Medvedev signed a month earlier.{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8409563/Russia-puts-clocks-on-to-summertime-all-the-time.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Roland | last=Oliphant | title=Russia puts clocks on to summertime all the time | date=March 27, 2011}}
April 18 - The Movement Against Illegal Immigration was banned by the Moscow City Court.
May 2 - The UN Security Council fails to agree a statement to condemn the killing of Syrian protesters, as Russia and China block a statement proposed by Britain, France, Germany and Portugal that would have condemned the violence, which has led to hundreds of dead, and backed calls for an independent investigation.{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/russia-china-act-as-roadblocks-to-un-action-against-syria-as-internal-support-for-the-baath-party-crumbles/story-e6frf7lf-1226046248969|title=Russia, China act as roadblocks to UN action against Syria, as internal support for the Baath party crumbles | Herald Sun}}
May 4 - Russian security forces kill Doger Sevdet, an al-Qaeda emissary who fought alongside Chechen insurgents, in the northern Caucasus region of Russia.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/05/04/russia.al.qaeda.killed/index.html |title=(CNN) |website=CNN |access-date=2011-06-08 |archive-date=2019-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030011538/http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/05/04/russia.al.qaeda.killed/index.html |url-status=live }}
May 6 - Russia launches an urgent rescue mission after the nuclear-powered icebreaker Taymyr in its fleet develops a nuclear leak in the frozen seas of the Arctic and was forced to abandon its mission.{{cite news| url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/nuclear-leak-on-russian-icebreaker-in-arctic-sparks-rescue-mission/story-e6frg6so-1226050914410 | title=Nuclear leak on Russian icebreaker in Arctic sparks rescue mission | date=May 6, 2011 | work=The Australian}}
May 6 - A court in Russia sentences ultranationalist Nikita Tikhonov to life imprisonment for the murder of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova in 2009.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}
May 19 - The Eurasian Economic Community, led by Russia, offers Belarus a $3 billion bailout package.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a19e488-8242-11e0-961e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1MqXk69DD |title=FT.com / Europe - Putin offers Belarus a $3bn bail-out |access-date=2011-06-08 |archive-date=2011-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522132441/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a19e488-8242-11e0-961e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1MqXk69DD |url-status=live }}
May 30 - Documents discovered in a Russian archive suggest that Adolf Hitler ordered Rudolf Hess to go to the United Kingdom to negotiate with Winston Churchill over a World War II peace deal in 1941.{{Cite web |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/Hitler-ordered-Hess-to-Scotland.6776570.jp |title=Hitler ordered Hess to Scotland - Scotsman.com |access-date=2011-06-08 |archive-date=2011-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807154350/http://www.scotsman.com/news/Hitler-ordered-Hess-to-Scotland.6776570.jp |url-status=dead }}
June 2 - 42 people are injured and 13,000 people evacuated from settlements in Russia's Udmurt Republic following an ammo depot fire.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}
June 3 - 57 people are injured, and 28,000 people have been forced to evacuate, following an explosion at an army munitions depot in Russia's western Ural Mountains region.{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/06/03/russia.munitions.depot.fire/index.html | work=CNN | title=Fire at Russian munitions depot injures dozens, forces {{not a typo|evacution}} | date=June 3, 2011}}
July 10 - was a class 785/OL800 Russian river cruise ship Bulgaria which operated in the Volga-Don basin. sank in the Kuybyshev Reservoir of the Volga River near Syukeyevo, Kamsko-Ustyinsky District, Tatarstan, with 201 passengers and crew aboard when sailing from the town of Bolgar to the regional capital, Kazan. The catastrophe led to 122 confirmed deaths (bodies recovered and identified).
July 20 - Beer is legally reclassified from a foodstuff to an alcoholic drink so that its sale will be more strongly controlled.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14232970|title=Russia classifies beer as alcoholic, BBC News|access-date=2011-07-22 | date=July 21, 2011}}
September 7 - 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: A Yak Service Yak-42 carrying the KHL hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashes near Yaroslavl, Russia, killing 44.{{Cite web |url=http://lenta.ru/news/2011/09/12/galimov1 |title=Lenta.ru: Спорт: Александр Галимов умер в больнице |access-date=2011-10-13 |archive-date=2020-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028023349/https://lenta.ru/news/2011/09/12/galimov1/ |url-status=live }}

=Popular culture=

Sports

January 5 - Russia men's national junior ice hockey team won the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
May - The Russian professional basketball team UNICS Kazan wins the Eurocup Basketball competition.

Births

Notable deaths

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=January=

January 1 -
Nikolay Abramov, 26, Russian footballer.{{Cite web|url=https://7info.ru/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511022840/http://www.7info.ru/index.php?kn=1293898646|url-status=dead|title=Новости Рязани, главные новости|date=August 14, 2022|archivedate=May 11, 2011|website=7info.ru}}
George Alexandrovich Ball, 83, Russian writer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rosbalt.ru/moscow/2011/01/03/806711.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105073625/http://www.rosbalt.ru/2011/01/03/806711.html|url-status=dead|title=В Москве скончался писатель Георгий Балл|archivedate=January 5, 2011|website=Росбалт}}
January 4 - Chrysanth Chepil, 73, Russian Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Vyatka-Slobodskoy.{{Cite web |url=http://www.new-pressa.ru/content/view/6728/199/ |title=Скончался митрополит Вятский и Слободской Владыко Хрисанф - Новая пресса. Киров, Кировская область. Новости, политика, бизнес, общество |access-date=2011-03-09 |archive-date=2016-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307124228/http://new-pressa.ru/content/view/6728/199 |url-status=dead }}
January 6 - Pyotr Sumin, 64, Russian politician, Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast (1996–2010).{{Cite web |url=http://www.gubernator74.ru/news/ushel-iz-zhizni-petr-ivanovich-sumin |title=Ушел из жизни Петр Иванович СУМИН |website= Губернатор Челябинской области |access-date=2011-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306185959/http://gubernator74.ru/news/ushel-iz-zhizni-petr-ivanovich-sumin |archive-date=2012-03-06 |url-status=dead }}
January 31 - Nikolay Dorizo, 87, Russian poet.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kuban.aif.ru/culture/news/33532 |title=На 88-м году ушел из жизни поэт Николай Доризо {{!}} КУЛЬТУРА - Аргументы и Факты Юг |access-date=2011-03-09 |archive-date=2012-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320001700/http://www.kuban.aif.ru/culture/news/33532 |url-status=live }}

=February=

February 3 - Tatyana Shmyga, 82, Russian operetta singer and film actress (Hussar Ballad), People's Artist of the USSR, vascular disease.{{Cite web |url=http://english.ruvr.ru/tag_42704983/2011/02/ |title=Tatyana Shmyga: Voice of Russia |access-date=2011-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902234959/http://english.ruvr.ru/tag_42704983/2011/02/ |archive-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead }}
February 24 - Sergei Nikitich Kovalev, 91, Russian designer of nuclear submarines.{{Cite web |url=http://sethkimball.com/dev/1243/died-constructor-russian-nuclear-submarines/ |title=Died constructor Russian nuclear submarines | website=Seth Kimball Design Dev |access-date=2011-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716043231/http://sethkimball.com/dev/1243/died-constructor-russian-nuclear-submarines/ |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead }}
February 25 - Valery Bezruchenko, 70, Russian clarinetist and music teacher.{{Cite web |url=http://www.iskusstvo-tv.ru/News/2011/02/25/umer-izvestnyi-klarnetist-valerii-bezruchenko |title=Умер известный кларнетист Валерий Безрученко — Новости — "Искусство ТВ" |access-date=2011-03-09 |archive-date=2011-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303061406/http://www.iskusstvo-tv.ru/News/2011/02/25/umer-izvestnyi-klarnetist-valerii-bezruchenko |url-status=live }}

=March=

March 4 - Mikhail Simonov, 81, Russian aircraft designer, chief designer of the Sukhoi Design Bureau (1983–2011), after long illness.{{Cite web |url=http://lenta.ru/news/2011/03/04/simonov/ |title=Lenta.Ru: Нпсфхе: Слеп Цемепюкэмши Йнмярпсйрнп "Ясунцн" |access-date=2011-03-09 |archive-date=2020-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609090640/https://lenta.ru/news/2011/03/04/simonov/ |url-status=live }}
March 13 - Vitaly Vulf, 80, Russian theater critic and television host.{{Cite web |url=http://premier.gov.ru/eng/events/messages/14440/ |title=Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sends a message of condolence in connection with the death of TV show host and art critic Vitaly Vulf |access-date=2011-06-08 |archive-date=2012-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309203301/http://premier.gov.ru/eng/events/messages/14440/ |url-status=live }}
March 14 - Eduard Gushchin, 70, Russian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1968) athlete.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rusathletics.com/nov/nov.php?ind=8317 |title=Легкая атлетика России |access-date=2011-06-08 |archive-date=2011-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715214031/http://www.rusathletics.com/nov/nov.php?ind=8317 |url-status=live }}
March 21 - Nikolai Andrianov, 58, Russian gymnast, most medaled athlete at the 1976 Summer Olympics, after long illness.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gazeta.ru/news/sport/2011/03/21/n_1757065.shtml |title=Слеп Гмюлемхрши Цхлмюяр Мхйнкюи Юмдпхюмнб — Цюгерю.Ru {{!}} Мнбнярх Яонпрю |access-date=2011-06-08 |archive-date=2019-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216115150/https://www.gazeta.ru/news/sport/2011/03/21/n_1757065.shtml |url-status=live }}
March 25 - Pavel Leonov, 90, Russian naïve artist.{{Cite web |url=http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/11845/ |title=Russia-InfoCentre :: Naive Artist Pavel Leonov Dies Aged 90 |access-date=2011-06-08 |archive-date=2020-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126140547/http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/11845/ |url-status=live }}
March 26 - Alexander Barykin, 59, Russian musician, heart attack.{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsru.com/cinema/26mar2011/barykin.html |title=Новости NEWSru.com :: Певец и композитор Александр Барыкин скончался после концерта |date=26 March 2011 |access-date=2011-06-08 |archive-date=2020-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123012926/https://www.newsru.com/cinema/26mar2011/barykin.html |url-status=live }}
March 30 - Lyudmila Gurchenko, 75, Russian film actress and singer, People's Artist of the USSR.{{Cite web |url=http://kommersant.ru/Doc/1611539 |title=Ъ-Online - Умерла Людмила Гурченко |date=30 March 2011 |access-date=2011-06-08 |archive-date=2019-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220180850/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1611539 |url-status=live }}
March 31 - Vassili Kononov, 88, Russian military veteran and war criminal.{{Cite web|url=https://ir.lv/2011/04/01/miris-par-kara-noziegumiem-notiesatais-kononovs/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723194826/http://www.ir.lv/2011/4/1/miris-par-kara-noziegumiem-notiesatais-kononovs|url-status=dead|title=Miris par kara noziegumiem notiesātais Kononovs • IR.lv|date=April 1, 2011|archivedate=July 23, 2011|website=IR.lv}}

=April=

April 1 - George Gryaznov, 77, Russian Orthodox Archbishop of Chelyabinsk and Zlatoust (1989–1996), stroke.{{Cite web |url=http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/1442573.html |title=Преставился ко Господу викарий Калужской епархии архиепископ Людиновский Георгий / Новости / Патриархия.ru |access-date=2011-06-08 |archive-date=2018-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325080356/http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/1442573.html |url-status=live }}
April 3 - Yevgeny Lyadin, 84, Russian footballer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.euro-football.ru/article/29/776294 |title=Умер ветеран "Локомотива" Лядин - Россия - Футбол России на Евро-футбол.Ру - новости чемпионата России и Европы + Лига Чемпионов |access-date=2011-06-08 |archive-date=2012-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319230124/http://www.euro-football.ru/article/29/776294 |url-status=live }}
April 6 - Igor Birman, 85, Russian-born American writer and economist.{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/igor-birman-economist-who-predicted-collapse-of-soviet-economy-dies-at-82/2011/04/19/AFh062EE_story.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | first=A. Camden | last=Walker | title=Igor Birman, economist who predicted collapse of Soviet economy, dies at 82 - The Washington Post | date=April 22, 2011}}
April 10 - Mikhail Rusyayev, 46, Russian footballer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ua-football.com/foreign/russia/4da410e7.html |title=UA-Футбол. Скончался бывший форвард московского "Спартака" Михаил Русяев |date=12 April 2011 |access-date=2011-06-08 |archive-date=2012-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924212109/http://www.ua-football.com/foreign/russia/4da410e7.html |url-status=live }}
April 27 - Igor Kon, 82, Russian philosopher, psychologist and sexologist.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rosbalt.ru/moscow/2011/04/27/843957.html |title=Скончался известный сексолог Игорь Кон - кончина, Игорь Кон - Новости Москвы - Росбалт |access-date=2011-06-08 |archive-date=2020-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921165223/https://www.rosbalt.ru/moscow/2011/04/27/843957.html |url-status=live }}
April 28 - Yulia Rumyantseva, 42, Russian editor and film producer, suicide by jumping.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mk.ru/incident/article/2011/05/04/586563-pogibla-supruga-rezhissera-rogozhkina.html |title=Погибла супруга режиссера Рогожкина - Происшествия и инциденты в России и мире - МК |access-date=2011-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508131515/http://www.mk.ru/incident/article/2011/05/04/586563-pogibla-supruga-rezhissera-rogozhkina.html |archive-date=2011-05-08 |url-status=dead }}
April 29 - Vladimir Krainev, 67, Russian pianist, People's Artist of the USSR, aortic aneurysm.{{Cite web |url=http://kommersant.ru/doc/1633480 |title=Ъ-Online - Умер российский пианист Владимир Крайнев |date=29 April 2011 |access-date=2011-06-08 |archive-date=2020-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106211716/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1633480 |url-status=live }}

=May=

May 2 -
Alexander Lazarev, 73, Russian actor.{{Cite web |url=http://echo.msk.ru/news/771246-echo.html |title=Радиостанция "Эхо Москвы" / Новости / Понедельник, 02.05.2011 / На 74-ом году жизни скончался известный актёр Александр Лазарев старший |access-date=2011-06-08 |archive-date=2019-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214065528/https://echo.msk.ru/news/771246-echo.html |url-status=live }}
Leonid Abalkin, 80, Russian economist.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews.shtml?/20110502150411.shtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120604010707/http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews.shtml?/20110502150411.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-06-04|title=archive.ph|website=archive.ph}}
May 8 - Galina Urbanovich, 93, Russian Olympic gold and silver medal-winning (1952) gymnast.[http://www.sportgymrus.ru/press/news/6035/default.aspx Ушла из жизни Урбанович Галина Наполеоновна] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324020628/http://www.sportgymrus.ru/press/news/6035/default.aspx |date=2012-03-24 }}
May 19 - Vladimir Ryzhkin, 80, Russian Olympic gold medal-winning (1956) footballer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/458667 |title=Скончался олимпийский чемпион 1956 года Владимир Рыжкин - Новости - Советский спорт |access-date=2011-06-08 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203609/http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/458667 |url-status=live }}
May 22 - Nina Yablonskaya, 46, Russian businesswoman and beauty salon director.{{Cite web |url=http://kp.ru/daily/25692/896368 |title=Хярнпхч Пнярнбяйнцн Сахиярбю Унгъийх Яюкнмю Йпюянрш ╚Рбхццх╩ Наясдхкх Мю Ьнс ╚Осярэ Цнбнпър╩ // Kp.Ru - Пнярнб-Мю-Днмс |access-date=2011-06-08 |archive-date=2019-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214131038/https://www.kp.ru/daily/25692/896368/ |url-status=live }}

=June=

June 7 - Maksud Sadikov, 48, Russian Islamic scholar and theologian, shot.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}
June 10 - Yuri Budanov, 47, Russian military officer and war criminal, shot.{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/10/russian-colonel-murdered-chechen-teenager-shot-dead-moscow |title=Russian colonel who killed Chechen woman shot dead in Moscow {{!}} World news {{!}} The Guardian |website=TheGuardian.com |date=10 June 2011 |access-date=2016-12-16 |archive-date=2016-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202001219/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/10/russian-colonel-murdered-chechen-teenager-shot-dead-moscow |url-status=live }}
June 15 - Pavel Stolbov, 81, Russian gymnast, 1956 Olympic gold medalist.[http://sport.rian.ru/sport/20110615/388731620.html Умер олимпийский чемпион по гимнастике Павел Столбов | Спорт | Лента новостей "РИА Новости"]
June 18 - Yelena Bonner, 88, Russian human rights activist, after long illness.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13828019 |title=BBC News - Yelena Bonner: Russian human rights activist dies at 88 |work=BBC News |date=19 June 2011 |access-date=2018-06-20 |archive-date=2019-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718235048/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13828019 |url-status=live }}
June 20 -
Magomet Isayev, 83, Russian Esperantist, translator and linguist.{{Cite web |url=http://www.e-novosti.info/blog/21.06.2011/1 |title=Esperanto новости: Скончался Магомет Исаев |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129230845/http://www.e-novosti.info/blog/21.06.2011/1 |archive-date=2014-11-29 |url-status=dead }}
Vladimir Pettay, 38, Russian football referee, plane crash.{{Cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iI4evKyQDRHDHmTZBKdpRRO6RAHQ?docId=CNG.e75357b787496951aa49403906d1b32d.641 |title=AFP: Top Russian referee killed in deadly crash |access-date=2016-11-10 |archive-date=2011-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825230619/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iI4evKyQDRHDHmTZBKdpRRO6RAHQ?docId=CNG.e75357b787496951aa49403906d1b32d.641 |url-status=dead }}
June 23 - Vladislav Achalov, 65, Russian general and activist.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article2129003.ece |title=The Hindu : News / International : Soviet general Vladislav Achalov dies at 65 |website=The Hindu |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2012-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025220655/http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article2129003.ece |url-status=live }}

=July=

July 7 - Yuri Kukin, 78, Russian singer-songwriter.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rg.ru/2011/07/08/kukin-site.html |title=Россия простилась с Юрием Кукиным — Юрий Лепский — ""Потянуло, потянуло холодком осенних писем..."" — Российская Газета — Россия простилась с Юрием Кукиным |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2019-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212075341/https://rg.ru/2011/07/08/kukin-site.html |url-status=live }}
July 14 - Vladimir Kosinsky, 66, Russian swimmer, 1968 Olympic silver and bronze medalist.{{Cite web |url=http://www.swimming.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1075:2011-07-15-11-29-36&catid=1:2009-11-27-17-27-23&Itemid=30 |title=Умер Владимир Косинский |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2011-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124225830/http://www.swimming.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1075:2011-07-15-11-29-36&catid=1:2009-11-27-17-27-23&Itemid=30 |url-status=live }}
July 19 - Karen Khachaturian, 90, Russian composer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/rolling_news/2011/07/110720_rn_khachaturyan_died.shtml |title=BBC Russian - Лента новостей - Умер композитор Карен Хачатурян |date=20 July 2011 |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2019-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822082545/https://www.bbc.com/russian/rolling_news/2011/07/110720_rn_khachaturyan_died.shtml |url-status=live }}
July 21 - Yevgeny Lopatin, 93, Russian Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) weightlifter.{{Cite web|url=https://rfwf.ru/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426002945/http://www.rfwf.ru/federation/news/689.html|url-status=dead|title=Федерация Тяжелой Атлетики России - ФТАР.|archivedate=April 26, 2012|website=rfwf.ru}}
July 22 - Dmitri Furman, 68, Russian historian and philosopher, after long illness.{{Cite web |url=http://www.svobodanews.ru/content/article/24274716.html |title=Умер Дмитрий Фурман |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2012-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330112652/http://www.svobodanews.ru/content/article/24274716.html |url-status=live }}
July 27 - Eduard Rozovsky, 84, Russian cinematographer (Amphibian Man, White Sun of the Desert), car accident.{{Cite web |url=http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c154/193305.html |title=ITAR-TASS : Legendary cameraman Eduard Rozovsky died in road accident |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2012-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912235853/http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c154/193305.html |url-status=live }}

=August=

August 2 -
Asadullo Gulomov, 58, Tajik politician, Deputy Prime Minister (since 2006).{{Cite web |url=http://kp.ru/daily/25730/2720214/ |title=Вице-премьер Таджикистана умер на стройке // KP.RU |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2019-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215192838/https://www.kp.ru/daily/25730/2720214/ |url-status=live }}
Andrey Kapitsa, 80, Russian geographer and explorer, discovered and named Lake Vostok.{{Cite web |url=http://int.rgo.ru/news/andrey-kapitsa-dies-in-moscow/ |title=Andrey Kapitsa dies in Moscow : Russian Geographical Society |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2013-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222218/http://int.rgo.ru/news/andrey-kapitsa-dies-in-moscow/ |url-status=live }}
August 3 - Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov, 68, Russian pianist.{{cite web |title=Nikolai Petrov: Pianist renowned for his powerful technique and |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nikolai-petrov-pianist-renowned-his-powerful-technique-and-massive-repertoire-2357407.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nikolai-petrov-pianist-renowned-his-powerful-technique-and-massive-repertoire-2357407.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |website=The Independent |access-date=22 March 2021 |language=en |date=19 September 2011}}{{cbignore}}
August 14 - Yekaterina Golubeva, 44, Russian actress.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lesinrocks.com/cine/cinema-article/t/68967/date/2011-08-18/article/hommage-katerine-golubeva/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227071834/http://www.lesinrocks.com/cine/cinema-article/t/68967/date/2011-08-18/article/hommage-katerine-golubeva|url-status=dead|title=Les Inrocks : Katerina Golubeva: disparition d'une actrice mystérieuse et fêlée|archivedate=February 27, 2012}}
August 27 - Iya Savvina, 75, Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR.{{Cite web |url=http://kommersant.ru/doc/1760190 |title=Ъ-Газета - Звезда пленительного несчастья |date=29 August 2011 |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2019-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217023303/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1760190 |url-status=live }}
August 30 - Alla Bayanova, 97, Russian singer, People's Artist of Russia, cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.izvestia.ru/news/498946 |title=Умерла народная артистка России Алла Баянова - Известия |date=30 August 2011 |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2016-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422141045/http://izvestia.ru/news/498946 |url-status=live }}
August 31 - Valery Rozhdestvensky, 72, Soviet cosmonaut.{{Cite web |url=http://www.polit.ru/news/2011/09/02/space_vr/ |title=ПОЛИТ.РУ: Звездный городок простился с космонавтом Валерием Рождественским |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307175332/http://polit.ru/news/2011/09/02/space_vr/ |archive-date=2014-03-07 |url-status=dead }}

=September=

September 29 -
Tatyana Lioznova, 87, Russian film director (Seventeen Moments of Spring), People's Artist of the USSR.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kommersant.ru/news/1784073/rubric/8 |title=Ъ-Новости - Умерла Татьяна Лиознова |date=29 September 2011 |access-date=2012-02-26 |archive-date=2011-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019055456/http://www.kommersant.ru/news/1784073/rubric/8 |url-status=live }}
Vera Popkova, 68, Russian athlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).[http://www.mir-ua.ru/sport/2011/09/30/%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5-%D0%BD%D0%B5-%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE-%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%8E%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8F-%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BA.html На Львовщине не стало выдающейся легкоатлетки Веры Попковой | Новости Украины] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425051344/http://www.mir-ua.ru/sport/2011/09/30/%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5-%D0%BD%D0%B5-%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE-%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%8E%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8F-%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BA.html |date=April 25, 2012 }}

=December=

December 24 - Vitaly Tseshkovsky, 67, Russian chess Grandmaster.{{cite web|url=http://russiachess.org/news/all/ushel_iz_zhizni_vitalij_valerevich_zewkovskij/ |title = Российская Шахматная Федерация - Новости |access-date=2014-09-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120011435/http://russiachess.org/news/all/ushel_iz_zhizni_vitalij_valerevich_zewkovskij/ |archive-date=2013-01-20 }}

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